Committee on Agriculture

27th Session

28 September – 2 October 2020

Introduction to Agenda Items

Item 2.1:

Livestock Sector contributions to achieving the SDGs

Item 2.2:

Preventing, anticipating and responding to high-impact animal and plant diseases and pests

Item 2.3:

Proposal for the establishment of a COAG Sub-Committee on Livestock

Item 2.4:

Progress report on the implementation of FAO Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) 2016-2020, and the proposal for a new FAO Action Plan on AMR 2021-2025

Item 2.5:

Update on COVID-19 and its impact on food security and nutrition, and food systems

Item 2.6:

Operationalising a food systems approach to accelerate delivery of 2030 Agenda

Item 2.7:

Rationale for a new FAO Food Safety Strategy

Item 2.8:

Agricultural transformation and the Urban Food Agenda

Item 2.9:

Voluntary Code of Conduct for Food Loss and Waste Reduction

Item 2.10:

Rural Youth Action Plan

Item 2.11:

Enabling smallholders and family farmers to access appropriate innovation, information systems and advisory services for sustainable agrifood systems

Item 2.12:

Terms of Reference of the International Platform for Digital Food and Agriculture

Item 3.1:

Implementation of the FAO Strategy on Biodiversity Mainstreaming across Agricultural Sectors

Item 3.2:

Towards a Global Programme on Sustainable Dryland Agriculture in collaboration with the  Global Framework on Water Scarcity in Agriculture (WASAG) in a Changing Climate

Item 3.3:

Report of the Global Soil Partnership (GSP)

Item 4.1:

FAO's Programme of Work in Food and Agriculture under the FAO Strategic Framework

Item 4.2:

Implementation of the recommendations of the 26th Session of the Committee

Item 4.3:

Multi-Year Programme of Work of the Committee

Item 4.4:

FAO’s work on Rangelands and Pastoralism, and Proposal for an International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists

Item 4.5:

Proposal for an International Day of Plant Health

Item 4.6:

Proposal for an International Year of Date Palm